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bush and took many risks to accomplish his aggressive foreign policy goals. in afghanistan, he ordered a surge of 33,000 troops to take and hold large parts of the country while he hunted down insurgents hiding along pakistan's mountainous border, ramping up drone attacks by a factor of four. in libya, he threw the might of the u.s. military behind a nato-led campaign to support a revolution against a dictator. mr. obama's unfinished legacy is now marked by foreign policy success. >> the tide of war is receding. the drawdown in iraq allowed us to refocus our fight against al qaeda and achieve major victories against its leadership, including osama bin laden. >> reporter: he ordered the missions that killed osama bin laden in may and al qaeda propagandist and plotter anwar al-awlaki in september. colonel qaddafi's death yesterday became a dramatic prelude to today's announcement. >> the united states is moving forward from a position of strength. the long war in iraq will come to an end by the end of this year. >> reporter: these victories will no doubt burnis
bush and took many risks to accomplish his aggressive foreign policy goals. in afghanistan, he ordered a surge of 33,000 troops to take and hold large parts of the country while he hunted down insurgents hiding along pakistan's mountainous border, ramping up drone attacks by a factor of four. in libya, he threw the might of the u.s. military behind a nato-led campaign to support a revolution against a dictator. mr. obama's unfinished legacy is now marked by foreign policy success. >> the...
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. >> reporter: jeb bush said trump's foreign policy proposals were not serious. >> he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. >> reporter: rubio did not accuse cruz of releasing classified information. he said he would leave that determination to the senate intelligence committee. scott, the committee said there was nothing to investigate. >> pelley: major garrett covering the campaign. major, thanks. tonight, we have a rare look at the battlefield in syria where u.s. special operations forces are now on the ground fighting isis. the americans are supporting allied militias, including kurdish forces that our charlie d'agata linked up with near the isis capital city. >> reporter: the thick fog meant the drive to the front line inside syria was slow. we were about 40 miles from iraq athe headquarters of isis, but their fighters were just a few miles away and no one wanted to make a wrong turn. past deserted villages, we finally reached their line of defense. it wasn't much. one of the soldiers looked like h
. >> reporter: jeb bush said trump's foreign policy proposals were not serious. >> he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. >> reporter: rubio did not accuse cruz of releasing classified information. he said he would leave that determination to the senate intelligence committee. scott, the committee said there was nothing to investigate. >> pelley: major garrett covering the campaign....
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in a major speech on foreign policy romney will attack mr. obama's leadership and set out his strategy, promising i'll affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects but to the security of the nation. romney will challenge the president's handling of the middle east saying it's time to change course. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east allied with the united states. i share that hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> we'll win in florida. >> reporter: this speech comes after a weekend of campaigning in the battleground state of florida. romney a private man began showing a compassionate side telling personal stories about helping others including a 14-year-old boy from his congregation who was dying from leukemia. >> he said i want you to write a will for me. i got a legal pad and he described the things he wanted to giveaway. his skateboard, his fishing rod and rifle. this is a boy who had courage. i didn't see him waiver. i saw strength. >> reporter: romney is pushing hard against attacks on the
in a major speech on foreign policy romney will attack mr. obama's leadership and set out his strategy, promising i'll affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects but to the security of the nation. romney will challenge the president's handling of the middle east saying it's time to change course. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east allied with the united states. i share that hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> we'll win in florida....
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there are some elements of foreign policy which should be done in a bipartisan way and this is one of them. >> reporter: scott, stevens' father told us if his son had a party affiliation it would be the united states of america which he served loyally and with all of his heart. stevens' body has been cremated but soon this rotunda will be full of dignitaries and friends here to commemorate his life. >> pelley: bill, thank you. stevens' death has become part of the political debate and will likely come up here tonight. secretary of state hillary clinton said yesterday that she takes responsibility for the security failure in benghazi. last night in peru our state department correspondent margaret brennan asked secretary clinton how that failure happened. >> reporter: it wasn't an intelligence failure? >> i'm not going to get into the blame game. i think intelligence is very hard to do. and what we're going to find out as we do this accountability review and we get what will be the best possible chronology that will be attached to what we knew when which takes time, it can not be just p
there are some elements of foreign policy which should be done in a bipartisan way and this is one of them. >> reporter: scott, stevens' father told us if his son had a party affiliation it would be the united states of america which he served loyally and with all of his heart. stevens' body has been cremated but soon this rotunda will be full of dignitaries and friends here to commemorate his life. >> pelley: bill, thank you. stevens' death has become part of the political debate...
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policy. >> axelrod: margaret brennan at the white house, thank you. vice president joe biden is still struggling to decide whether to enter the race for the democratic presidential nomination. he's still mourning the death of his son, beau, who passed away in may. last night, the vice president spoke from the heart on "the legislator show with stephen colbert." >> you know you're a success as a parent when you turn and look at your child and realize they turned out better than you. i was a hell of a success. my son was better than me. and he was better than me in-- in almost every way. a couple months before he died, i was at his house, and he said, "dad, sit down. i want to talk to you," with halle, his wife, incredible kid. and he said, "dad, i know how much you love me so you've got to promise me something. promise me you're going to be all right because no matter what happens, dad, i'm going to be all right. promise me." i don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be presiden
policy. >> axelrod: margaret brennan at the white house, thank you. vice president joe biden is still struggling to decide whether to enter the race for the democratic presidential nomination. he's still mourning the death of his son, beau, who passed away in may. last night, the vice president spoke from the heart on "the legislator show with stephen colbert." >> you know you're a success as a parent when you turn and look at your child and realize they turned out better...
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uncertainty that really prevent people from making the investment decisions, the hiring decisions, the foreign direct investment decisions that would otherwise help growth the world over. >> pelley: if we cross the fiscal cliff, we go over the edge, do you think the united states would go back into recession? >> if it was not addressed very shortly, yes. >> pelley: and why are yo so certain of that? >> well, you just look at the numbers. that would entail a growth contraction of about 2% in a given year. so if you assume that the u.s. economy forecast growth next year is 2%, 2% minus 2% equals zero. you are pretty much at the recession stage. >> pelley: there are about 12.5 million americans who lost their jobs in the great recession. we have seen our economy in recession or stumbling along since late 2007. and a lot of americans just want to know when does this end. >> well, i would say that there is good news lurking out there. and in particular the fact that the housing market is picking up is, in our view, a clear sign that the situation is improving. when you see that the financial instit
uncertainty that really prevent people from making the investment decisions, the hiring decisions, the foreign direct investment decisions that would otherwise help growth the world over. >> pelley: if we cross the fiscal cliff, we go over the edge, do you think the united states would go back into recession? >> if it was not addressed very shortly, yes. >> pelley: and why are yo so certain of that? >> well, you just look at the numbers. that would entail a growth...
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at a fundraiser in san francisco, president obama highlighted what he sees as some of his foreign policy accomplishments. but the president, now down in the polls and struggling to recover from his lackluster debate, is firing yet another attack against romney. >> as long as i'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world's ever known. >> reporter: but the president now down in the polls and struggling to recover from his lackluster debate is firing yet another attack against romney, this one over cuts to pbs with a new tv ad satirically comparing big bird to financial criminals. >> the evil genius who towered over them, one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> reporter: romney now has momentum and yesterday delivered a major foreign policy speech, saying president obama is too hands-off and passive in handling situations around the globe. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. not to lead from behind. leaving our destiny at the mercy of e
at a fundraiser in san francisco, president obama highlighted what he sees as some of his foreign policy accomplishments. but the president, now down in the polls and struggling to recover from his lackluster debate, is firing yet another attack against romney. >> as long as i'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world's ever known. >> reporter: but the president now down in the polls and struggling to recover from his lackluster debate is firing yet...
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. >> foreign policy. the big issue jobs, gas prices, the economy, but foreign policy. what could, and what should we watch as because it might explode and change dynamics of the campaign? >> charlie, uone issue stands above all. oil and gasoline prices, and really feed into the campaign. and so i think what you're seeing by the president, political and strategic reasons is, can we get a negotiated solution to iran's nuclear ambitions. >> do you believe they're prepared to negotiate, the iranians because of sanctions. >> i think they're prepared to negotiate forever. a deeper question. can they make a decision? is this leadership in iran so divided that if charlie says yes, eric says no. erica says no, charlie says yes. that's what's going on in iran. the scary question is can they say yes to a deal that would be of international interest? allow them some kind of nuclear power. >> thank you. >>> a small new hampshire town in mourning after its police chief was shot and killed. >> it happen the during a drug raid. the standoff lasted through the night and into the mornin
. >> foreign policy. the big issue jobs, gas prices, the economy, but foreign policy. what could, and what should we watch as because it might explode and change dynamics of the campaign? >> charlie, uone issue stands above all. oil and gasoline prices, and really feed into the campaign. and so i think what you're seeing by the president, political and strategic reasons is, can we get a negotiated solution to iran's nuclear ambitions. >> do you believe they're prepared to...
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policy and a surprising take on afghanistan to distinguish himself from the crowd. >> we're not going to fix afghanistan. it's not possible. there are some problems where what you have to do is say, you know, you've got to figure out how to live your own miserable life. >> reporter: one thing to watch here in michigan is that the democratic party is encouraging democratic voters to vote for rick santorum to try to deprive mitt romney of a clear victory. charlie and erica, back to you. >> thank you. we go to paul ryan, congressman ryan, good morning. >> good morning charlie and erica. how are you this morning? >> do you have a prediction for michigan? >> no, i don't. lielt you do that. >> let's go to the question of what is being debated there. it seems more about social issues and that eek noij issues. is that troubling for you in the republican party? >> no, it's not troubling to me. i think they're trying to move it in that direction. i think what the candidates are mostly talking about are the fiscal issues, the economic issues and the choice of the future that the country's going
policy and a surprising take on afghanistan to distinguish himself from the crowd. >> we're not going to fix afghanistan. it's not possible. there are some problems where what you have to do is say, you know, you've got to figure out how to live your own miserable life. >> reporter: one thing to watch here in michigan is that the democratic party is encouraging democratic voters to vote for rick santorum to try to deprive mitt romney of a clear victory. charlie and erica, back to...
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it's never about foreign policy. it's about the kinds of revelations of character and personality and disposition and temperament. you can see that often in how the people hold themselves on the screen. i noticed during the primary debates, you often saw mitt romney standing calmly and relaxed while these other people were squabbling amongst each other. the famous case of john kennedy and richard nixon. even reagan and carter in 1980. the confidence and ease that ronald reagan projected and jimmy carter looked a little bit defensive. that's the impression that lasts. >> even al gore and george w. bush i think is a good example of body language told so much during those debates. al gore was up in the polls and had a series of very poor debate performances. >> al gore had been a very effective, aggressive debater. in the first debate, he was seen as being too aggressive. the famous sighs and all the rest. in the second debate, he was almost too laid back. by the third he had a kind of just right approach, but by that t
it's never about foreign policy. it's about the kinds of revelations of character and personality and disposition and temperament. you can see that often in how the people hold themselves on the screen. i noticed during the primary debates, you often saw mitt romney standing calmly and relaxed while these other people were squabbling amongst each other. the famous case of john kennedy and richard nixon. even reagan and carter in 1980. the confidence and ease that ronald reagan projected and...
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. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders clash on guns wall street and foreign policy in the democrat's first presidential debate but they agree on the e-mails. >>> a historic ruling blames a gun shop for a shooting that seriously wounded two police officers. >>> and oprah winfrey will be in studio 57 about a project she calls the culmination of her life's work. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >>> everybody on this stage has changed its position. >> draemoctic socialism. >> donnell trump. >> i have had no scandal. >> the democrats trade punches in nevada. >> the no-fly zone actually secretary would be a mistake. >> governor o'malley endorsed me for president in 2008. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails! >> thank you. >> i wonder if there is not some subtle gig. >> you sick of this story? >> maybe we are sick of the person who is responsible for bringing it to us in the first place. >> after a bloody day, israeli is beginning to deploy hundreds of troops to combat the increasing palestinian atta
. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders clash on guns wall street and foreign policy in the democrat's first presidential debate but they agree on the e-mails. >>> a historic ruling blames a gun shop for a shooting that seriously wounded two police officers. >>> and oprah winfrey will be in studio 57 about a project she calls the culmination of her life's work. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >>>...
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and as a result, i think what's lacking in our foreign policy and our policy in general is we have an american exceptionalism. we consider ourselves, as obama recently said again, the indispensable nation. as long as we have that attitude, we do not have the ability, the empathy or the compassion to see the world as a globe of which we are a partner. we are operating on the edge of a very dangerous precipice where we continue to contain and to find enemies and find a reason to bloeat our military budgets. >> other nations also feel that way about their country, that they're exceptional and indispensable. >> that's not true. no country i've ever been to has ever felt they were the indispensable nation to the world and could dictate to others what they could do. >> china? >> no. they have one foreign base. we have 800-plus bases. china has no history of aggression. the united states does. we deal with this in the book. >> i want to talk to you about david petraeus. yo you're a former military man. do you believe he should have resigned? i'm curious about your thoughts about him. >> he's
and as a result, i think what's lacking in our foreign policy and our policy in general is we have an american exceptionalism. we consider ourselves, as obama recently said again, the indispensable nation. as long as we have that attitude, we do not have the ability, the empathy or the compassion to see the world as a globe of which we are a partner. we are operating on the edge of a very dangerous precipice where we continue to contain and to find enemies and find a reason to bloeat our...
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. >> i'm sure many are looking to newt gingrich for foreign policy advice. if there's a problem on the lunar colony, he'll be the first we call. >> this is not the time to decide we're done here. >> at least nine people have been killed in a car bombing outside jalalabad airport. >> u.s. troops were hurt when a grenade was thrown at a military base. >> a plot to assassinate vladimir putin. >>> all that. >> three on one. >> and all that matters. >> and then we're going to go kill hitler. [ laughter ] >> on "cbs this morning." >> if somebody ask you what you're wearing -- >> if somebody ask you what you're wearing -- >> have fun this evening. captioning funded by cbs >>> ah, the academy awards. welcome to "cbs this morning." everything old was new again last night. >> the big winner, "the artist," winning best picture. lee cowan is in beverly hills this morning. lee, good morning. >> good morning, erica. you might have to forgive the academy a bit for being nostalgic last night. some would say overly nostalgic. somehow it was fitting. as you said, it was that
. >> i'm sure many are looking to newt gingrich for foreign policy advice. if there's a problem on the lunar colony, he'll be the first we call. >> this is not the time to decide we're done here. >> at least nine people have been killed in a car bombing outside jalalabad airport. >> u.s. troops were hurt when a grenade was thrown at a military base. >> a plot to assassinate vladimir putin. >>> all that. >> three on one. >> and all that matters....
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editor at large of foreign policy mag sfleen. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> what are you saying about big business. there's no cooperation in big business is so big it makes its own rules? >> i'm saying that not only is it so big that it makes its own rules but this process of it getting big and sort of paering back government owe a lot of the stuff in the political arena is old and is hard to reverse. >> take dodd/frank as an example. what are the implications which was passed after the financial collapse? >> i think the financial collapse shows the nature of the power of these companies. first, they said get out of our hair. let us do what we want on wall street. they got it. when they got in trouble, they said bail us out. they got it. had they got bailed out, they said get out of our hair again and they got it. dodd/frank was a very thin rule of reform. it did a few things. but they're there are more too big to fail banks than before the crisis. >> because of mergers? >> because of mergers and that process wasn't revers
editor at large of foreign policy mag sfleen. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> what are you saying about big business. there's no cooperation in big business is so big it makes its own rules? >> i'm saying that not only is it so big that it makes its own rules but this process of it getting big and sort of paering back government owe a lot of the stuff in the political arena is old and is hard to reverse. >> take dodd/frank as an example. what are the implications...
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across the spectrum of foreign policy, mr. trump talks about things that as though he is still on "the apprentice." >> reporter: on twitter the two called echl other pamp other pathetic. ben carson appeared surprised at trump's 9/11 bush broadsides. >> i would probably ask him what he meant by that. i seriously doubt that he is saying that -- that george w. bush is to blame for it. >> reporter: republican contender mike huckabee called the blame game misguided. >> i don't think it's fair for anyone to be blamed for 9/11 other than the 19 monsters who trained to kill people. >> reporter: another front. trump tells voters all the time he does not need big money donors and won't use a super pac to support his campaign, but "the washington post" is reporting the make america great pac supports trump and insider ties to trump. they say they have no sanction superpacs operating on its back. >>> parts of the northeast are waking up this morning to below freezing temperatures. in some areas it maybe the coldest on this date in decade.
across the spectrum of foreign policy, mr. trump talks about things that as though he is still on "the apprentice." >> reporter: on twitter the two called echl other pamp other pathetic. ben carson appeared surprised at trump's 9/11 bush broadsides. >> i would probably ask him what he meant by that. i seriously doubt that he is saying that -- that george w. bush is to blame for it. >> reporter: republican contender mike huckabee called the blame game misguided....
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. >> reporter: we tried for an official reaction at the ministry of foreign affairs. how does china's government view this? "we understand that in the united states, people enjoy the right to make all kinds of remarks, but what's important to us is the policies adopted by the u.s. government." china's government-backed "global times" wasn't so diplomatic. >> i don't wear a toupee. it's my hair! >> his hair, it defies gravity. >> reporter: stand-up comedian evan zhou told us he sees plenty of opportunities with trump, even in a country where comedians don't stray far from government-approved speech. >> this is a time when we can maybe keep in line with the government. >> making fun of donald trump? >> yes. >> reporter: most here simply see it for what it is-- a campaign for votes. seth doane, cbs news, beijing. >> axelrod: and that's the cbs evening news. for scott pelley, i'm jim axelrod. good night. >>> first at 7:00 we begin with breaking news out of montgomery county where police put out an amber alert for this 15-month- old girl. the father took farah eva muhammed
. >> reporter: we tried for an official reaction at the ministry of foreign affairs. how does china's government view this? "we understand that in the united states, people enjoy the right to make all kinds of remarks, but what's important to us is the policies adopted by the u.s. government." china's government-backed "global times" wasn't so diplomatic. >> i don't wear a toupee. it's my hair! >> his hair, it defies gravity. >> reporter: stand-up...
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policy and attacked her shifts in position. >> secretary clinton is always quick for the military intervention. i believe that a no-fly zone right now is not advisable. >> reporter: colon's 2002 vote for the iraq war and last week's announcement she was breaking with the obama administration and now opposing the 12 nation transpacific trade deal had sanders urging voters to do the math. >> people will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to big corporations with the secretary. >> reporter: clinton is still fighting back against inquiries into her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. in "60 minutes" interview with steve kroft, president obama said his former secretary of state made a mistake. >> i can tell you that this is not a situation in which america's national security was endangered. >> this administration has prosecuted people for having classified material on their private computers. >> well, there is no doubt that there have been breaches and these are all a matter of degree. we don't get an impression that here there was purposely efforts
policy and attacked her shifts in position. >> secretary clinton is always quick for the military intervention. i believe that a no-fly zone right now is not advisable. >> reporter: colon's 2002 vote for the iraq war and last week's announcement she was breaking with the obama administration and now opposing the 12 nation transpacific trade deal had sanders urging voters to do the math. >> people will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to big...
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policy views. >> because it raises concerns because sometimes it can sound like he hasn't really thought it through. >> reporter: her comments were part of a broader offensive by the clinton camp to blunt sanders momentum and highlighting his democratic socialist label as they question his anti-establishment credentials. >> he has been elected to office a lot longer than i have. >> reporter: even this new feel-good ad from sanders set to the song of simon and garfunkel. they said the crowds in it were too white. polls show clinton's biggest struggle is with young voters. >> i don't think there is a woman more confident than hillary clinton. >> reporter: so she hit iowa city with singer demi lavoto and campaigned with katy perry and clinton visit two college campuses on thursday including this college where trey logan got a selfie and plans to go door-to-for for her in his dorm. why do you think so many here in iowa college students are a big fan of hillary clinton? >> i think they see eye-to-eye with him but some people aren't as realistic as others. >> reporter: part of the problem, the
policy views. >> because it raises concerns because sometimes it can sound like he hasn't really thought it through. >> reporter: her comments were part of a broader offensive by the clinton camp to blunt sanders momentum and highlighting his democratic socialist label as they question his anti-establishment credentials. >> he has been elected to office a lot longer than i have. >> reporter: even this new feel-good ad from sanders set to the song of simon and garfunkel....